THE CARAVAN. 8 i 
tiff per n” S a PP°: n ' ed for the P Ur pofe, being 
fee from all future labour. The tapeftry fent m 
Mecca u made by Coptites in Cairo, who have a 
ertain number of rooms allowed them in the palace 
, p ey are black duff, woven only for this purpofe' 
chn e ™ boffed wkh letters of gold- They are 
nanged every year; and thofe that are carried 
thp^° n -j'j a - r ’ aretaken ba ck again the next, being 
ien d'vtded mto feveral pieces, mod of which are 
to W a/t l urkl ? Empcror ’ who gives part of them 
of M ff C r f ° r COVenn g the doors, or to fome 
Rev nf^ r? pavounr cs. as valuable prefents. The 
gives I £ Cara ? n refer . ves fome for bimfelf, and 
Pint en pie ) c i e to the P rinci l>al officers. It was plea- 
se cal™, gh \° fe£ }° 7 . the mob crouded towards 
lion tf S t hC pa /f ed ’ m order t0 touch the pavil- 
Hor V hlC r they efteemed b°ly- Thofe that could 
threw?! 2 fo , nea , r 1 US ?■ r r OUCh ic with their bands, 
tn\Z handkerchiefs or faffies on it, that they 
fo |o ? podefs foinetliing which had touched 
the thmg ; / aiked ^ com panion, who knew 
mah- e ; °, mS °? chc cou ntry, whether they did not 
denied u P ei .b ul °us ufe of thofe things ; but he 
tefti n? n ? , f 7? g, . that r chey onl y keep them in 
have r" 7 ° f havm - feen a thing, for which they 
that rh» ? r i ear a v . enerat i° n - Some travellers fay, 
but iM Icoran is carried under this pavillion; 
ti 0n . r V not ^bence they have taken this rela- 
bel i- £ . T ?, rks that were well informed 
Under l , b , ut * answered, that no Co ran is 
Venues ^ 1 urkl k Emperor gives of his re- 
defray th T h SY?t to the Bey 20,000 ducats, to 
Caravan exp cnees he is at in conducing the 
° Qce < ea'ins ° nly makes the journey 
gams nothing by it. bur rather lofes on ac- 
^ count 
